Ever since we displayed this gorgeous shawl at TNNA, people have been asking when it would be released… that would be today. We are so excited to see Emily Wessel‘s newest shawl and blanket design, called Chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum is a gigantic geometrical bloom with petals that multiply and expand from a single point. The design can be knit as a semi-circular shawl, circular shawl or blanket.

The shawl is knit in rows of increasing length, beginning at the centre top, and working outward to the edging. The blanket is knit in the round, beginning at the centre point and working outward to the edging. The same charts are use for blanket and shawl, but they are worked slightly differently, as described in the written instructions.

The shawl sample here is knit up in SweetGeorgia Merino Silk Fine in Orchid and the blanket sample is knit up in our new Trinity Worsted in Oxblood. The Merino Silk Fine gives the shawl beautiful drape and sheen, while the cashmere in the Trinity Worsted makes the blanket incredibly soft and cozy.

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Felicia Lo

Driven by an obsessive, passionate and tumultuous relationship with colour, Felicia Lo, the founder of SweetGeorgia Yarns, has been writing about all things knitting, spinning, dyeing, and weaving since 2004.

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SweetGeorgia Yarns is an artisan yarn company that makes exquisite hand-dyed yarns for knitting and fibres for spinning. Our workspace at Main and Marine in Vancouver, BC is where we dye all our yarns. The studio is open from Monday through Friday, from 10 am to 3 pm. Come by to shop or visit »

About Felicia Lo

Driven by an obsessive, passionate and often tumultuous relationship with colour, Felicia Lo, the founder of SweetGeorgia Yarns, has been writing about all things knitting, spinning, dyeing, and weaving since 2004. Follow her adventure in colour and fibre here »